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The idea of humans in spacesuits trying to walk on the tiny, potato-shaped Martian moon Phobos is not in the least bit p...
07/25/2025

The idea of humans in spacesuits trying to walk on the tiny, potato-shaped Martian moon Phobos is not in the least bit practical, but a paper presented at AIAA's ASCEND conference outlines one way to make it possible.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email An illustration of Mars surface operations with the Single-Person Spacecraft. Credit: Genesis Engineering Solutions The idea of humans in spacesuits trying to walk on the tiny, potato-shaped Martian moon Phobos is not in the least bit practical. With surface gra...

The general public needs a better understanding of how electric air taxis can benefit their lives if the advanced air mo...
07/25/2025

The general public needs a better understanding of how electric air taxis can benefit their lives if the advanced air mobility industry is ever to move beyond a few hundred or thousand such aircraft serving tourists or the very wealthy.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email A NASA illustration of notional advanced air mobility operations. Credit: NASA AIAA AVIATION FORUM, Las Vegas — The general public will need a better understanding of how electric air taxis can benefit their lives if the nascent advanced air mobility industry ...

The proposed cuts to science and research activities during the International Space Station’s remaining years threaten N...
07/25/2025

The proposed cuts to science and research activities during the International Space Station’s remaining years threaten NASA’s plan to transition those activities to the future class of commercial space stations after 2030, warned an industry panel at AIAA's ASCEND conference.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email A SpaceX Crew Dragon approaches the station in March carrying the Crew-4 astronauts. Credit: NASA AIAA ASCEND, Las Vegas — The proposed cuts to science and research activities during the International Space Station’s remaining years threaten NASA’s plan to...

Today, the name “Robert Goddard” is synonymous with liquid rocket propulsion — but history could have played out quite d...
07/24/2025

Today, the name “Robert Goddard” is synonymous with liquid rocket propulsion — but history could have played out quite differently had the physicist and engineer pursued any or all of his other early ideas.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Today, the name “Robert Goddard” is synonymous with liquid rocket propulsion — but history could have played out quite differently had the physicist and engineer pursued any or all of his other early ideas. Historians Roger D. Launius and Jonathan C. Coope...

A more efficient aircraft design originally conceived as a way for the U.S. military to conserve fuel may also give futu...
07/24/2025

A more efficient aircraft design originally conceived as a way for the U.S. military to conserve fuel may also give future airline passengers more room and a “white glove” experience.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email An illustration of Jet Zero’s planned demonstrator. Credit: JetZero AIAA AVIATION FORUM, Las Vegas — A more efficient aircraft design originally conceived as a way for the U.S. military to conserve fuel may also give future airline passengers more room and a...

You might not have to be an Artemis astronaut to fly in an Orion capsule someday. Manufacturer Lockheed Martin is explor...
07/24/2025

You might not have to be an Artemis astronaut to fly in an Orion capsule someday. Manufacturer Lockheed Martin is exploring how it might sell flights as “fixed-price commercial services,” an executive told attendees at AIAA's ASCEND forum.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email The Orion capsule after its 2022 Artemis I flight test. Credit: NASA/Dames M. Blair AIAA ASCEND, Las Vegas — You might not have to be an Artemis astronaut to fly in an Orion capsule someday. Manufacturer Lockheed Martin is exploring how it might sell flights a...

The highly anticipated first launch of a U.S. national security payload aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur r...
07/23/2025

The highly anticipated first launch of a U.S. national security payload aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket is at last on the horizon, said the leader of U.S. Space Systems Command.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant addresses ASCEND attendees. Credit: AIAA/David Becker AIAA ASCEND, Las Vegas — The highly anticipated first launch of a U.S. national security payload aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket is at last on the horizon, acco...

When it comes to the ongoing transition to zero-trust policy in aviation cybersecurity, communications are lagging, acco...
07/23/2025

When it comes to the ongoing transition to zero-trust policy in aviation cybersecurity, communications are lagging, according to a panel of experts who spoke on Tuesday at AIAA's AVIATION Forum.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Credit: Darryl Brooks via Shutterstock AIAA AVIATION FORUM, Las Vegas — When it comes to the ongoing transition to zero-trust policy in aviation cybersecurity, communications are lagging, according to a panel o...

The ongoing “acceleration in human spaceflight activity” is proceeding without the creation of strategies to rescue astr...
07/23/2025

The ongoing “acceleration in human spaceflight activity” is proceeding without the creation of strategies to rescue astronauts or spaceflight participants in stricken spacecraft, a team of researchers led by The Aerospace Corp. warn in an ASCEND paper presentation.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email This SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule was photographed last year during the private Polaris Dawn mission. Credit: SpaceX AIAA ASCEND, Las Vegas — Lives will almost certainly be lost in Earth orbit and cislunar space unless space agencies and commercial spaceflight o...

FAA on Tuesday announced the final adoption of its new regulation for light-sport airplanes, which removes a static weig...
07/23/2025

FAA on Tuesday announced the final adoption of its new regulation for light-sport airplanes, which removes a static weight limit for the category and replaces it with performance-based criteria.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email The Tecnam P92 Echo MK II is among the designs included in the light-sport aircraft category. Credit: Piper Aircraft FAA on Tuesday announced the final adoption of its new regulation for light-sport airplanes, MOSAIC, or Modernization of Airworthiness Certificat...

If the government wants to harness the dramatic expansion of commercial space companies, it must adapt its requirements ...
07/23/2025

If the government wants to harness the dramatic expansion of commercial space companies, it must adapt its requirements and acquisition approaches, The Aerospace Corp's Jamie Morin told ASCEND attendees.

Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Jamie Morin of the Aerospace Corp. Credit: AIAA AIAA ASCEND, Las Vegas — If the government wants to harness the dramatic expansion of commercial space companies, it must adapt its requirements and acquisition approaches, according to a former Pentagon official...

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